Morphological evaluation of microvascular networks and angiogenic factors in the selective growth of oocytes and follicles in the ovaries of mouse fetuses and newborns

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-298

  Miyamoto, Yohei ^b   Nakayama, Taisuke ^a   Haraguchi, Seiki ^a   Miyamoto, Hajime ^b   Sato, Eimei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

angiogenic factors; epidermal growth factor; follicles; glycosaminoglycans; mouse; oocytes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030013023     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1996.t01-2-00008.x     Document Type: Article

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